Enjoy the view
Tomorrow we will be hosting our late summer jazz-in-the-garden party but I fear that the various heatwaves have taken their toll and we have very little flower left. Ten days ago, as you can see, the cosmos were still flowering as were the penstemon, the antirrhinums, the roses and the geranium Rozannes. Now all that …
A weary garden, Guiseppe Penone and The Well Gardened MindRead More
Sunday 22nd June – 12 – 6pm – Garden open for the National Gardens Scheme I am afraid that we have been so focused on getting the Growing Garden next door into shape for the garden opening that my garden has had to take a back seat – if not in care then at least …
Following on…. While the mimosa tree and the shrubs were making themselves at home at the back of the garden I turned my attention to the hot, dry and sunny bank that runs down to the huge fish tank window to the study. We had covered all the new soil with the wonderful coir netting …
The garden at Hampstead Lane – stage 5 – desert to white out – autumn/winter 2022Read More
Most readers of this blog will have met Boris (the ginger one) and Arwen. Possibly even in person at Lawn Road or during one of our summer concerts here in the garden in Highgate. Despite the fact that all of their lives had been spent at Lawn Road, they were both very tolerant of the …
